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> [And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither heeded what was said or practised, but just what belonged to my loyal duty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/and-though-i-might-have-learnt-more-wit-and-advanced-my-understanding/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

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## More by Margaret Cavendish

> [Nature, being a wise and provident lady, governs her parts very wisely, methodically, and orderly: Also, she is very industrious and hates to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/nature-being-a-wise-and-provident-lady-governs-her-parts-very-wisely/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/not-that-i-am-ashamed-of-my-mind-or-body-my-birth-or-breeding-my/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/i-think-a-bad-husband-is-far-worse-than-no-husband/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [“...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/that-much-gold-and-great-store-of-riches-makes-them-mad-insomuch-as/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [“But the Duchess's Soul being troubled, that her dear Lord and Husband used such a violent exercise before meat, for fear of overheating himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/but-the-duchess-s-soul-being-troubled-that-her-dear-lord-and-husband/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/marriage-is-the-grave-or-tomb-of-wit/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [I would rather die in the adventure of noble achievements than live in obscure and sluggish security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/i-would-rather-die-in-the-adventure-of-noble-achievements-than-live/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Thoughts are like stars in the firmament; some are fixed, others like the wandering planets, others again are only like meteors. Understanding is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/thoughts-are-like-stars-in-the-firmament-some-are-fixed-others-like/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/indeed-i-had-not-much-wit-yet-i-was-not-an-idiot-my-wit-was-according/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/not-because-they-were-servants-were-we-so-reserved-for-many-noble/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/first-they-were-bred-when-i-was-not-capable-to-observe-or-before-i/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/indeed-i-did-not-stand-as-a-beggar-at-the-parliament-door-for-i-never/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/and-though-i-might-have-learnt-more-wit-and-advanced-my-understanding/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/as-for-plenty-we-had-not-only-for-necessity-conveniency-and-decency/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

> [For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cavendish/for-i-hearing-my-lord-s-estate-amongst-many-more-estates-was-to-be/)

[Margaret Cavendish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cavendish/)

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